PRS-950 Loading Times

anamardoll · 08-15-2011, 04:43 PM

Alright, here's a question about my Sony reader.

I've been plugging into Calibre and updating my library as it grows, but last night I wiped my SD card completely and loaded my entire library fresh. [900 Epubs, 500 PDFs] Good grief, that took something like 4-5 hours, but it was done, I ejected everything, the "loading" circle arrows came up, spun for awhile, and then....stopped.

Waited. Waited. Waited. Waited. Nothing. Still stuck on the arrow.

I'm fairly certain that none of my books are corrupt, since they were on the device BEFORE without issue, so maybe it's the strain of loading all the books at once? I wiped the SD card and loaded only the Epubs [900] this time, thinking that maybe the PDFs were being shirty.

Waited. Waited. Waited. Waited. Nothing. Still stuck on the arrow.

*sob*

I had to give up and go to work at this point. I'm thinking tonight I'll load everything in batches of 100, which will mean 14 hookups to Calibre, and god knows this will take something like 8 hours total because in addition to the 4-5 hours to load the library, there's the HUGE amount of time Calibre takes to read the Sony device. Not looking forward to it.

Has anyone else seen this "arrow hang" issue? Is it something that will work eventually after 8 hours or does it mean a corrupt book or is it a "too many new books, screw you Ana" indicator or WHAT?

Bookworm_Girl · 08-15-2011, 04:53 PM

I feel your pain, Ana. You are using PRS+, right? That might be helpful for people to know to help you better. Maybe your database files have gotten corrupted. Since you are reloading all of your books anyway, have you thought about doing a reformat of your 950 from the Settings menu. That would make everything fresh. Then I would reload small quantities at a time, say blocks of 50-100 books.

anamardoll · 08-15-2011, 05:02 PM

Oops, yes, PRS+ is running on my 950, that's correct.

I would so truly hate to reformat the reader if that removes the PRS+ and/or custom font I loaded.

Is such long/hanging loading times normal when loading 1,000+ books to the Sony Reader? My PocketBook doesn't blink at 1,000 books, but then it doesn't have metadata to contend with.

elcreative · 08-15-2011, 05:11 PM

Check to see if you have card scan set on or off...

elizilla · 08-15-2011, 05:13 PM

Is the arrow hang issue due to running out of power while reindexing? Maybe plug it into the wall and see if this helps?

ScalyFreak · 08-15-2011, 11:07 PM

Clean up your tags?

anamardoll · 08-16-2011, 09:35 AM

Seems like I was just too impatient -- I slapped the 900 epubs in again and waited an hour and it finally loaded. So I guess the hanging arrow didn't mean anything.

08-15-2011, 04:43 PM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Loading Times Alright, here's a question about my Sony reader. I've been plugging into Calibre and updating my library as it grows, but last night I wiped my SD card completely and loaded my entire library fresh. [900 Epubs, 500 PDFs] Good grief, that took something like 4-5 hours, but it was done, I ejected everything, the "loading" circle arrows came up, spun for awhile, and then....stopped. Waited. Waited. Waited. Waited. Nothing. Still stuck on the arrow. I'm fairly certain that none of my books are corrupt, since they were on the device BEFORE without issue, so maybe it's the strain of loading all the books at once? I wiped the SD card and loaded only the Epubs [900] this time, thinking that maybe the PDFs were being shirty. Waited. Waited. Waited. Waited. Nothing. Still stuck on the arrow. sob I had to give up and go to work at this point. I'm thinking tonight I'll load everything in batches of 100, which will mean 14 hookups to Calibre, and god knows this will take something like 8 hours total because in addition to the 4-5 hours to load the library, there's the HUGE amount of time Calibre takes to read the Sony device. Not looking forward to it. Has anyone else seen this "arrow hang" issue? Is it something that will work eventually after 8 hours or does it mean a corrupt book or is it a "too many new books, screw you Ana" indicator or WHAT?

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08-15-2011, 04:53 PM	#2
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,871 Karma: 36507503 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	I feel your pain, Ana. You are using PRS+, right? That might be helpful for people to know to help you better. Maybe your database files have gotten corrupted. Since you are reloading all of your books anyway, have you thought about doing a reformat of your 950 from the Settings menu. That would make everything fresh. Then I would reload small quantities at a time, say blocks of 50-100 books.

08-15-2011, 05:02 PM	#3
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Oops, yes, PRS+ is running on my 950, that's correct. I would so truly hate to reformat the reader if that removes the PRS+ and/or custom font I loaded. Is such long/hanging loading times normal when loading 1,000+ books to the Sony Reader? My PocketBook doesn't blink at 1,000 books, but then it doesn't have metadata to contend with.

08-15-2011, 05:11 PM	#4
elcreative Wizard Posts: 2,888 Karma: 5875940 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS505, 600, 350, 650, Nexus 7, Note III, iPad 4 etc	Check to see if you have card scan set on or off...

08-15-2011, 05:13 PM	#5
elizilla Addict Posts: 266 Karma: 610286 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Michigan, USA Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Aura One, Sony PRS 650, Sony PRS 350	Is the arrow hang issue due to running out of power while reindexing? Maybe plug it into the wall and see if this helps?

08-15-2011, 11:07 PM	#6
ScalyFreak Sith Wannabe Posts: 2,034 Karma: 8017430 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: I'm not sure... it's kind of dark. Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Fire HD, Aluratek Libre	Clean up your tags?

08-16-2011, 09:35 AM	#7
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Seems like I was just too impatient -- I slapped the 900 epubs in again and waited an hour and it finally loaded. So I guess the hanging arrow didn't mean anything.

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